MANILA, Philippines — Malacaang on Monday said there is “absolutely no deception” in the government’s reporting of COVID-19 vaccination figures to the public.
Earlier, Malacaang released a graph showing that the Philippines was second among Southeast Asian nations in the number of vaccine doses administered.
“It’s just two ways of looking at the numbers. One is absolute numbers and we remain second, there is no deception,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.
“Another is a percentage number, which depends on your population… There’s absolutely no deception when you use absolute numbers. Katotohanan lang po,” he added.
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